Turning 60 has it’s advantages & disadvantages. The advantage is that you get a senior discount at the movies and in Brazil you can go to the front of any line at the bank or grocery store. I don’t have the guts to pull that off at the grocery store, but I did at the bank & the movies. The disadvantages to quote Will Rogers, “You know you are getting old when everything either dries up or leaks.”

I partied in 5 different cities, San Francisco, Las Vegas, New York, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. Here are some of the photos.

My comments:
Anyone that gets in a taxi has the option of paying with cash. That is true. However today, most people don’t carry that much cash, thanks to multiple factors, one being the ease and security that a credit or debit card provides.

Having said that, Charging $3 to use a credit card is an outrageous ripoff. $3.00 on a $10 dollar fair is 30%. What other industry adds a 30% charge to their price? I can understand adding in the extra cost of the % that the credit card companies charge in to the price on the meter so that it works out, so the taxi doesn’t lose money, but at most that would only add 3 cents max (The fare would have to be $300 for the charge to be $3.)

Can you imagine going into a Starbucks and buying a coffee for $5.00 and the cashier tells you that will be $8.00?

The problem here is that when one gets in a cab, they need a cab. I know that money is tight, but how can anyone justify such a blatant surcharge? (I thought I read somewhere that Las Vegas taxi fares are the highest in the US already.)

Just another example of how dysfunctional and out of touch with its people our government has become.

Just got in from a night out on the town at Blue Martini. The woman 27, started chatting with me. She was friendly, very friendly. After a RedBlue and Vodka that some other guy bought for her and one that I bought for her as well, she was pretty wasted. It was all hugs and affection from that moment that the martini kicked in till the time she threw her guts up in the hallway in front of the ladies room. I am home alone and loving it.

A joke comes to mind from my days working on the road with bands – What is the difference between a Roadie and a pig? A pig won’t stay up all night trying to fuck a roadie.

I was watching TiVo and CNN and Brian Tong did a “How To” on Mobile Phone blogging, I was particularly interested in the iPhone apps and of course WordPress has an app that supports the iPhone. I downloaded it on the spot and found that I need to start an account, so here I am, and so I am addicted.

Tonight I refuse to stay in the house all by myself, when the whole town of Las Vegas is celebrating the death of Jesus. I think I might join them and go to the Rockabilly event over at The Orleans.